Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday signed legislation to allow parents and grandparents of unborn children to sue doctors over fraudulent abortions. The Unborn Person Wrongful Death Act, by Sen. Dave Bullard, R-Durant, modifies provisions related to awarding damages in wrongful death cases.In a news release, Bullard said the bill will allow parents and grandparents of unborn children to seek damages against a physician if the abortion is obtained through fraudulent means.“If the woman is coerced, inebriated, given falsified information, or if the physician does not disclose the physical and/or psychological harms that will be caused by the abortion, the physician may be sued,” according to the release. Bullard promised that the legislation would reduce abortions. “When women and families choose to use this power to make Oklahoma an abortion desert, countless innocent lives will be saved,” he said in the release. Additionally, the bill indemnifies physicians who do everything a “reasonably prudent doctor” would do to save a woman or child. “We’ve gotten to the point in this country where a woman is only believed if her voice lines up with a specific political ideology,” said co-author Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola. “This legislation restores the voice of millions of women and gives them the right to fight back against an industry that brutalizes them for profit.”

OKLAHOMA CITY —

Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday signed legislation to allow parents and grandparents of unborn children to sue doctors over fraudulent abortions.

In a news release, Bullard said the bill will allow parents and grandparents of unborn children to seek damages against a physician if the abortion is obtained through fraudulent means.

“If the woman is coerced, inebriated, given falsified information, or if the physician does not disclose the physical and/or psychological harms that will be caused by the abortion, the physician may be sued,” according to the release.

Bullard promised that the legislation would reduce abortions.

“When women and families choose to use this power to make Oklahoma an abortion desert, countless innocent lives will be saved,” he said in the release.

Additionally, the bill indemnifies physicians who do everything a “reasonably prudent doctor” would do to save a woman or child.

“We’ve gotten to the point in this country where a woman is only believed if her voice lines up with a specific political ideology,” said co-author Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola. “This legislation restores the voice of millions of women and gives them the right to fight back against an industry that brutalizes them for profit.”